Why is the United States waging war in Ukraine? Adam Schiff himself explained it: “The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that we can fight Russia over there and we don’t have to fight Russia here.”
In other words, the war is between America and Russia, not between Ukraine and Russia. Thus we are even more urgently asking why, particularly given that historically Russia has been a good neighbor of America.
Indeed, as our guest Salim Mansur illustrates, not only were America and Russia allies in the past two world wars, but Russia also came to the aid of America during its civil war and the significance of this has all but been forgotten. It is an amazing slice of history, presented in the context of the propagandized and false Ukraine narrative being told in popular media today.
The answer to the question “why” can be found in a “Neocon” policy paper prepared after the cold war entitled “Rebuilding America’s Defenses.” It outlines a “grand strategy” aimed to “preserve and extend (America’s) advantageous position as far into the future as possible.” But in the “absence of any global rival,” explains Salim, Russia was chosen on the grounds that it was the only “other” significant military power. Continue reading »
